Agency DARPA launched a project to create biodegradable electronics, self-destruct command

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is currently working on an interesting project, which aims - the creation of specific electronic components, which, by design, will self-destruct on receipt of a signal from the outside. When this project is not pure fiction - SRI research company has already received from DARPA 4, 7 million US dollars. And DARPA, and SRI working on this project together with the electronics manufacturer Honeywell.

course, the project has the interests of the military and intelligence agencies. Now some prodrazdeleniya US Army uses a very modern equipment, which often still classified. And such equipment, forgotten in enemy territory can do a disservice to the former owners by giving their secrets to enemy experts - electronics.

To this did not happen, electronics should self-destruct, and not just as a team from the outside. Ideally, such electronics must simply "disappear" in the environment, leaving no traces.

The first step in this project will be the creation of appropriate batteries that must be literally disappear, if it is given the appropriate command. After creating such a battery, if all goes well, the project will be expanded, creating, and other components of electronic devices (we are talking about a whole new class of components or entire units), able to self-destruct / dissolve team.

May be created and equipment / parts for medical purposes, which also can self-destruct, for example, after a certain time to dissolve in the human body (without harm to the latter, of course).

Such devices must be comparable in functionality with commercial samples, however, the life of the "electronics kamikaze" will be limited.

Now the military, as mentioned above, a huge number of any electronics. And it is practically impossible to keep track of it all on the field of battle. If the army does not want to battered enemy electronic devices, such devices must be self-destructing.

Via militaryaerospace

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/208448/